学業|がくぎょうgakugyou[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

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Definitions
  1. nounstudies; schoolwork; classwork
    スポーツにかまけて学業がくぎょうを怠おこたる学生がくせいもいる。↗
    Some students neglect their studies in favor of sports.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym勉強べんきょうNeutralThe most common, everyday word for studying; it takes any object, even skills or life lessons, while 「学業」 means schoolwork only.
  • Synonym学問がくもんNeutralSystematic knowledge or scholarship, and the pursuit of it; 「学業」 focuses on a student's schoolwork.
  • Synonym勉学べんがくWrittenDiligent study or the pursuit of learning, as in 「勉学に励む」; 「学業」 centers on schoolwork itself.
  • Related修学しゅうがくWrittenPursuing learning; mostly seen in 「修学旅行」, and on its own it reads as written language.
  • Related学修がくしゅうWrittenWritten/formal term for completing a set course of study; common in university administrative usage, not in everyday speech.

For a student's schoolwork, use 「学業」, as in 「学業と部活の両立」. Everyday studying is 「勉強」; academic knowledge is 「学問」. 「学修」「修学」「勉学」 are written terms for formal prose.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 学問がくもんを修おさめること。
  2. 学校がっこうでの勉学べんがく。
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